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101)	Becky
Location: Sandgate

Tuesday, 12 April 2016 14:45

Hi. I was wondering if anyone may be able to help identify some random Sandgate structures.
For the first time since i was a kid i walked from Chichester woods across the top of sandgate, past the 2 martello towers, and down through the woods that come out onto Encombe.
When coming down the woods there are 2 strange things. The first is a concrete sunken horseshoe seat about halfway down. Even as a kid i wondered who would have built it and why it was there. Then at the bottom just before you begin the little muddy path that leads out behind the houses there are some grand concrete steps that lead up to a curved wall, with a cove built in, that looks like there should be a statue there.
Was there a grand residence there once? Does anyone have any info on this? Even if there was, the horseshoe is still really far up into the woods.
Thankyou

Paul Seward Tuesday, 12 April 2016 15:59
[www.britainfromabove.org.uk]

Try this link and zoom in for a good shot of the original Encombe House. For the history call in at the Sandgate Society (Old Fire Station) on a Saturday morning.

Becky Wednesday, 13 April 2016 09:37
Excellent. Thanks ever so much

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